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I finally have to the chance to make my first ever computer from scratch!!!
I have around a 1000$ but if necessary am willing to shell out some more.
As the thread title states i will be building a gaming computer.
I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out with my decision.
As a general guideline i was thinking of getting a Intel quad core, because i heard the q6600 or something like that had great performance for its price, but i could use some help with the specifics such as the L1 and L2 cache which i heard is really important . Also i was going for 4 gig DDR2 ram, since vista would require a whole lot of ram on its own already, and 4 gig seems to be the new standard. At first i was really planning to buy a 8800gt but recently ive been hearing that the ATI 4850 is almost the same price and much better. Im really awkward about getting ATI because ive just been a fan of NVIDIA i guess, and in general i have the mentality that its just better, but i would love to hear some comments on that issue.
I have no idea what kind of motherboard to get, but i obviously want one that wont interfere with future upgrading of parts, and i also would want it to support at least 3 hard drives (although i dont know whether that really has to do with the motherboard or just the SATA or IDE wire). The reason i want multiple hard drives is because i already have a kind of old computer with 2 hard drives in there for windows XP. I was wondering if i can take the two harddrives and insert them into my new computer and then put a new hard drive in there as well and put vista on that one, so in a way i can have both operating systems on it. The reason for that would be because i would rather have one computer that has it all instead of 2 separate ones, i really could use help with this).
I would also need a new monitor(since the one i currently have is one of those really old ones, but i would like someone to help me out with refresh rates on the new flat screen monitors because i heard that they dont have to refresh or something so im really confused now) and the Windows Vista( now i hate vista but with games coming out these days and having vista only features, i dont really have a choice)
Also im going for a DVD-R and thats really it.
I know i wrote a lot and i probably wrote too much but im just really excited to finally be able to not lag in my games... that 6800GS that i got is really really damaged....
Thanks for reading
I have around a 1000$ but if necessary am willing to shell out some more.
As the thread title states i will be building a gaming computer.
I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out with my decision.
As a general guideline i was thinking of getting a Intel quad core, because i heard the q6600 or something like that had great performance for its price, but i could use some help with the specifics such as the L1 and L2 cache which i heard is really important . Also i was going for 4 gig DDR2 ram, since vista would require a whole lot of ram on its own already, and 4 gig seems to be the new standard. At first i was really planning to buy a 8800gt but recently ive been hearing that the ATI 4850 is almost the same price and much better. Im really awkward about getting ATI because ive just been a fan of NVIDIA i guess, and in general i have the mentality that its just better, but i would love to hear some comments on that issue.
I have no idea what kind of motherboard to get, but i obviously want one that wont interfere with future upgrading of parts, and i also would want it to support at least 3 hard drives (although i dont know whether that really has to do with the motherboard or just the SATA or IDE wire). The reason i want multiple hard drives is because i already have a kind of old computer with 2 hard drives in there for windows XP. I was wondering if i can take the two harddrives and insert them into my new computer and then put a new hard drive in there as well and put vista on that one, so in a way i can have both operating systems on it. The reason for that would be because i would rather have one computer that has it all instead of 2 separate ones, i really could use help with this).
I would also need a new monitor(since the one i currently have is one of those really old ones, but i would like someone to help me out with refresh rates on the new flat screen monitors because i heard that they dont have to refresh or something so im really confused now) and the Windows Vista( now i hate vista but with games coming out these days and having vista only features, i dont really have a choice)
Also im going for a DVD-R and thats really it.
I know i wrote a lot and i probably wrote too much but im just really excited to finally be able to not lag in my games... that 6800GS that i got is really really damaged....
Thanks for reading